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jcrew


Oct 27, 2009, 2:57 PM

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Re: [surfer9joe] Official First Ascents - How do they know they are the first?
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a lot of times, cleaning and prep. work is required. when you've spent a couple days hanging in a harness scrubbing and bolting, you know nobody has been there yet.

but then you have another issue.: you can spend tons of time,money, and energy putting up a route that you can't quite climb free, without hanging. you had the vision, saw the line, worked the beta, etc...then some 12 year old girl comes along and hikes the thing first go. guess who gets the FA credit......not you!


(This post was edited by jcrew on Oct 27, 2009, 4:10 PM)



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